Untold Ref Review: Liverpool 0 – 0 Tottenham Hotspur

Today’s referee is Michael Oliver – The game with the Anfield cat as the most entertaining moment to remember but did the ref had a night to remember?

MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Michael Oliver (2012-02-06)

Period 1

Min

Type

Foul from

On

C/NC

Comment

Weight

1

OTHER

Adebayor

C

Handball

1

4

OTHER

Adam

Walker

C

Obstruction

1

5

OTHER

Dawson

Carrol

C

Dawson played the ball, correct non call from the ref

1

5

OTHER

Krancjar

Adam

C

advantage given, waited a while before giving the signal to make sure

1

6

OTHER

Parker

Johnson

C

Trip

1

9

OTHER

Johnson

Adebayor

NC

Push, not given

1

12

OTHER

C

Ref stops play as the Anfield cat enters the field

2

19

OTHER

Ekoto

Kuyt

C

Jumped in his back

1

30

OTHER

Adebayor

Bellamy

C

Blocked him

1

31

OTHER

Dawson

Carrol

C

Jumped in his back

1

31

OFFSIDE

Liverpool

C

correct decision

1

33

OTHER

Parker

Kuyt

C

Push

1

37

OTHER

Parker

C

assumed correct

1

38

OTHER

Krancjar

Johnson

NC

Krancjar comes in with the arm leading, always give such a foul

1

38

YELLOW

Krancjar

NC

Always give a card, in this case a yellow would have been enough

2

38

OTHER

Kuyt

Friedel

NC

Kuyt stands in front of the goalkeeper when a corner is taken and blocks the run of Friedel. Always a foul ref

1

39

OTHER

Livermore?

Gerrard

C

Trip, advantage given

1

39

OTHER

Parker

Adam

C

Tackle from the side

1

39

YELLOW

Parker

C

Came late

2

Period 2

Min

Type

Foul from

On

C/NC

Comment

Weight

50

PENALTY

Dawson

Bellamy

C

Correct non call, Dawson just put his body between ball and player

3

54

OTHER

Agger

Bale

C

A dive from Bale. Well spotted from the ref

1

54

YELLOW

Bale

C

A dive is always a yellow card and Bale also pushed Agger away when Agger confronted him for his dive

2

56

OTHER

Adam

Kranjcar

NC

Push in the back not given

1

57

OTHER

Ekoto

Kuyt

C

Assumed correct, replays shown

1

61

PENALTY

Dawson

Carroll

NC

Dawson clearly pushed Carroll just when he tries to jump for a header. Should have been a penalty

3

66

OTHER

Johnson

Bale

C

Trip

1

70

OTHER

Suarez

Parker

C

First a push and then just a kick in the stomach

1

70

RED

Suarez

NC

A deliberate kick in the stomach, the ball not even close should have been a red card

3

76

OTHER

Skrtel

Bale

C

Flyikng tackle

1

76

YELLOW

Skrtel

C

Pointing that you got a bit of the ball is not important with such a tackle. Deserved yellow card and close to a red one

2

79

OTHER

Ekoto

Suarez

C

Push

1

80

YELLOW

Carroll

NC

For the umpteenth time Carroll complains by the ref and shouts at him. Ref shows some balls and give him a card and make him stop with this silly behaviour

2

81

OTHER

Kranjcar

Agger

C

Block

1

82

OTHER

Skrtel

Friedel

C

Skrtel came in with a high foot on the keeper

1

85

OTHER

Saha

Adam

C

Trip

1

90

OTHER

Suarez

C

Handball

1

91

OTHER

Skrtel

Saha

C

Blocked him with the arm

1

94

OTHER

Saha

Skrtel

C

Push

1

94

OTHER

Carroll

C

Handball

1

All in all a very even game from the ref. But still a few missing things. A clear push from Dawson when Carroll wanted to go for a header was missed. This is maybe because the ref was not looking to where the ball could end but was looking at the ball in its flight. A stupid technical mistake maybe.

The second miss was a red card for Suarez who kicked Parker in the stomach when the ball was 1 meter higher. This was dangerous and should have been a red card. The ref settled for a yellow card.

A good moment was the Bale dive and more importantly the ref not falling for it. And a dive even in midfield is a yellow card.

COMPETENCY SUMMARY – Michael Oliver (2012-02-06)

Period 1

Called

Total

Correct %

OFFSIDE

1

1

100.00

OTHER

13

16

81.25

YELLOW

1

2

50.00

TOTAL

15

19

78.95

WEIGHTED

16

21

76.19

Period 2

Called

Total

Correct %

OTHER

13

14

92.86

PENALTY

1

2

50.00

RED

0

1

0.00

YELLOW

2

3

66.67

TOTAL

16

20

80.00

WEIGHTED

18

27

66.67

Totals

Called

Total

Correct %

OFFSIDE

1

1

100.00

OTHER

26

30

86.67

PENALTY

1

2

50.00

RED

0

1

0.00

YELLOW

3

5

60.00

TOTAL

31

39

79.49

WEIGHTED

34

48

70.83

The score is very even over the whole 90 minutes. A score of just under 80% is okay but in the weighted decisions you see a drop of some 10%. So he sees the fouls but has to be sure to punish it when it matters most.

BIAS SUMMARY – Michael Oliver (2012-02-06)

Period 1

Liverpool

%

Tottenham Hotspur

%

Total

Correct For

12

75.00

4

25.00

16

Correct For Weighted

13

76.47

4

23.53

17

Incorrect Against

2

50.00

2

50.00

4

Incorrect Against Weighted

3

60.00

2

40.00

5

Fouls Commited

4

26.67

11

73.33

15

Fouls Penalised

2

50.00

10

90.91

12

Period 2

Liverpool

%

Tottenham Hotspur

%

Total

Correct For

7

43.75

9

56.25

16

Correct For Weighted

8

40.00

12

60.00

20

Incorrect Against

1

25.00

3

75.00

4

Incorrect Against Weighted

3

33.33

6

66.67

9

Fouls Commited

9

56.25

7

43.75

16

Fouls Penalised

7

77.78

6

85.71

13

Totals

Liverpool

%

Tottenham Hotspur

%

Total

Correct For

19

59.38

13

40.63

32

Correct For Weighted

21

56.76

16

43.24

37

Incorrect Against

3

37.50

5

62.50

8

Incorrect Against Weighted

6

42.86

8

57.14

14

Fouls Commited

13

41.94

18

58.06

31

Fouls Penalised

9

69.23

16

88.89

25

The incorrect decisions are very much in what we could consider the 60/40 home advantage. An important miss for both teams (penalty – red card) but in a game with little history apart from a cat entering the field a rather good score for the ref in general.

1 comment to Untold Ref Review: Liverpool 0 – 0 Tottenham Hotspur

It was an even and boring game, in which the ref bottled it at Anfield. The big build up was two top teams (haha!) where going to go for it and we would see the return of Suarez.

The ref didn’t have the guts to send Suarez off even though he deserved it. He was too worried about personal backlash and this decision made me question why he was given the game in the first place if he wasn’t strong enough to deal with the task in hand.